The Vanderbilts

[CoiulfiiKcd íivmi tho Mow York íiapíri.l Iu the great Yini-Jc-Mli v,ii eaóè, döw oceupying tilo attent ion oí oiic of.tlic New York cdiirfs. Mis.Lilliiln Stb'ditóit, widow of Dr. ("'lüirli's Alulorson Stoddurt, tótifléd íliat slio first saw Commodore Vanderbilt at a Spiritual meeting in Boston. This óausea some disoussion as to the admission of testimony in the belief of the Commodore in ttpiritualism, but was finally admitted. The witness then said shc next met Cominodore Vanderbilt on ilio eflsj sidg pi Üë city, at á Kèbting ai %ieb.Dr. Ët6d[cfe tod hi r,i n.is woivpvosent. Dr. Stöddiirt was a clairvoyant p'hysician, or medical elairvovant.and the doctor wijs inlroducod tö the L'iimiiiodovn is surli. Witnoss.hitw the loilimoüiSre it his offltté, lind on r'ourth street, near MeDougal street. Witness here said shê knew William H. Vanderbilt, and [ ed him out in court. On one occafiii in l)r. Ktoddart and herself met the modore in Fonrth street t t)ie títtrk, ' ud.sfiykc tö hilü, and, jter the , m'üdote left, she notioed there was a man wirtching them. The man watching ' them was William H. Tanderbilt, and he carne back and spoke to them when the Commodore was out of sight. The conversation was iu September, 1874, in Washington quitte, Wüliiun É. A '■' dötbilt OB ODöJiag ttifSttiÜ! "Thát fivntleöiStiJ vn voi-o taiking fe ismy father, rtnd yon re medical olairvo.v.mt: , I wiah to hnve aprrvtBet)ÖTers&ti8rj witli ■■pin:" WC figveed to meet him next day at K) o'clock at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Chambers street and West Broadwnv. and we did so. Mr. Vanderbilt seémecl surprised at hit being 2resent, btit Mr. j Stoddart said, "That's all riglit." Mr. ; Vanderbilt Baid, "I vaat yen te eontM! tln r.1,1 mo,. . !■ ,:,,, ;,.,w. power over hílil, iüul he believes in yon. I want you to influenee him so lie will tlniik more óf me." "I, doii't ktihw jtítítií ÜÉXt;" süd Mt. Stoddart. "I will lot you kaiow about that to-morrow." The next day we met him at the same place, and Mr. Vanderbilt hamled Mr. Stoddart a roll of bilis. Mr. Stoddart countcd tbtem, and stvid; "Tlmt's nU tight mid fintisfflotrjv. jSv 1 im reaiy , William H.then stiid: "I wíÍidÍ you to cnll on tho oíd mM 'at his office, and say to )imi; ;ou have B message from his deiul wife now in the spirit world. Teil him the me&sage vras to rnake his will in favor of William H., and ftlso iuiprCNg "ii tui old man tlmt uil Üxè rest of the children hftte him,"' Mt-. Steádwt f.H'!4 un tiib ëöti düré Hfcit aily Jlnd t'óld hirn as directed. It was also agreëd that William H. Mas to come in at the moment and say : "I also have a message," but the Stocïdarts were not to recognize him. Mr. I dart tlion went into ii trunco. While ha ftmneO.. Mr. Hti,i .n -i,!; "i'lieïo is the spirit of Ad èïderly lady around me." It was the : Commodore's dead wife. Mr. Stoddart said the spirit told the Commodore to mako his will in favor of William H., as i he was the only oue to he dejx'Ddod on ! to do the busineA's; aê :]', h other cliii" (1 ron liitted tho êönimodörej and wishfeá hüa dead: Thb ëöÜüaJöWte átjpeared til bë Veïy touch excited. and .said:; "William sfiall havo al!."1 He tlio draak a glass of water. Mr. Stoddart then camo out of tho tnmoo. and William H. entcred at the moment. Mr. Stoddart exclaiined: "Who is tMjt? That i: the tfijn 1 sü iU {,. Tile Í .'imniixiore seëined greatly snrprised, and William H. said he liad also received a spirit message. Bome twi days afterward the witness ainl her husband saw the Commodore at his Oñlaá Tho Coinmodoi-o suid that he would do as directed by tho spirit, and would tnuUo liis v.-ill in of William H., mul ntuko hüll his ot 't'ho Commodore féjJe&tea this i;voi-nl timos. T)ie Inst tinio tlie witness : and Mr. Stoddart saw the Commodore ' was iu January, 1875. Sho oould not say how mud) was in the roll of bilis I given her husband ly William H. There were fifties, tens and fives in it. She always bolieved there were about $1,000 in the roll.